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This report presents statistics on total U.S. water-
borne inbound and outbound shipments made in foreign
trade, with certain exceptions as specified in the following
explanation. Separate data are presented for dry cargo
and tanker vessels. In the tables which contain informa-
tion on trade through individual U.S. customs districts,
data are given for all customs districts at which there
are vessel shipments. Data are also given for those
individual ports within each district which have a com-
bined export and import tonnage averaging 5 million
pounds or more per month during the calendar year
1965. The customs district totals shown reflect trade
through all ports in the district, including those ports
for which data are not shown separately. Totals shown
in this report for previous months include current
revisions.

Effective January 1966 the statistics on waterborne
exports of domestic and foreign merchandise and non-
Department of Defense shipments of Special Category
commodities reflect fully compiled data for shipments to
Canada individually valued at $2,000 and over combined
with estimated data for shipments valued $100-$1,999,
based on a 10-percent sample of such shipments. For
countries other than Canada, the export statistics reflect
fully compiled data for shipments individually valued at
$500 and over combined with estimated data for shipments
valued $100-$499, based on a 50-percent sample of such
shipments. Data on shipments valued under $100 are
excluded from the statistics on waterborne exports. Prior
to January 1966, the statistics on waterborne exports of
domestic and foreign merchandise and non-Department
of Defense shipments of Special Category commodities
excluded shipments to Canada individually valued at less
than $2,000 and shipments to other countries individually
valued at less than $500.

The vessel export figures shown in columns 4, 8, 10,
and 12 of table 1 and in table 3 represent exports of
domestic and foreign merchandise laden in the U.S.
customs area for shipment to foreign countries. These
figures include export shipments to U.S. civilian govern-
ment agencies and non-Department of Defense controlled
foreign aid program shipments. Excluded from these
figures are shipments of supplies and equipment to the
U.S. Armed Forces abroad for their own use, shipments
of outbound in-transit merchandise, shipments of Depart-
ment of Defense controlled cargo under foreign aid pro-
grams, and Special Category non-Department of Defense
controlled cargo.

Department of Defense controlled and Special Cat-
egory figures, shown in column 6 of table 1 and in tables

5 and 6 of this report cover consolidated data for the
following types of shipments:
1. Vessel export shipments of Department of
Defense controlled cargo under special foreign
aid programs such as Department of Defense
Military Assistance Program-Grant-Aid, etc.,
shipped on commercial or military vessels
(vessels owned and operated by Department of
Defense).
2. Vessel export shipments of Special Category
commodities not controlled by the Department
of Defense for which detailed information can-
not be shown separately because of security
reasons. For a list of Special Category com-
modities and an explanation of their presentation
in foreign trade statistics, see the January 1965
issue of Report FT 410.
Only shipping weight data in terms of U.S. port or
coastal district of lading and foreign trade area of un-
lading are shown for these classes of shipments since
information on the dollar value of exports of Department
of Defense controlled cargo is not available at this level
of detail.
Effective January 1965, some changes were made in
security restrictions, without a corresponding change in
restrictions applying to earlier periods. Therefore,
the shipping weight data for Department of Defense and
Special Category shipments presented in tables 1, 5, and
6 exclude some commodities which are no longer
classified as Special Category commodities beginning
with January 1965. However, for periods prior to 1965,
such commodities are included in the data for Department
of Defense and Special Category shipments. Because of
this, and also because of changes in the content of Special
Category commodities effective January 1965, in some
cases the current figures for Department of Defense
and Special Category shipments are not comparable with
those for periods prior to 1965. Likewise, in some cases
the current figures for exports of domestic and foreign
merchandise (other than Department of Defense and
Special Category shipments) are not comparable with
those for periods prior to 1965 since the current figures
include exports of those commodities which were de-
classified effective January 1965, but which were not
included in the figures for exports of domestic and
foreign merchandise prior to 1965. It should also be
noted that the commodities currently under security
restrictions do not include commodities of the type which
would normally be carried on tanker vessels. Therefore,
in tables 1, 5, and 6, separate information is not presented
for exports of Department of Defense and Special Category
shipments on tanker vessels.

Vessel import figures; shown in columns 3, 6, 9, and
11 of table 2 and in table 4 of this report; are general
imports and represnt the total of imports forimmediate
consumption plus entries into customs bondedstorage and
manufacturing warehouses made at the U.S. customs area
from foreign countries. Vessel import figures exclude
American goods returned by the U.S. Armed Forces for
their own use and import shipments on Army or Navy
transports. Effective July 1965, the statistics also exclude
data on shipments valued $250 and under reported on" both
formal and informal entries. (Informal entries, by
definition, are limited to items valued not more than $250.)
Prior to July 1965, the import statistics excluded formal
entry shipments valued at less than $100 ind informal
entry shipments valued $250 and under.

The following types of shipments are excluded from
both the vessel export and import data: (1) shipments
of household and personal effects, (2) shipments by mail
and parcel post, and (3) shipments of vesselsunder their
own power and afloat. United States trade with Puerto
Rico and with United States possessions is not reported
as U.S. exports and imports.
Merchandise shipped in bond through the United States
in transit from one foreign country to another without
having been entered as an import is not included in any
of the figures in the columns previously referred to
(imported merchandise cleared through Customs and
subsequently reexported is included in both the import
and export statistics). Separate shipping weight infor-
mation for the waterborne portion of the in-transit trade
laden aboard dry cargo vessels atU.S. ports is presented
in table 1 while similar information for such merchandise
unladen from dry cargo vessels is presented in table 2.
Data on in-transit movements are included in the shipping
weight total for tanker vessels and in the value totals for
dry cargo and tanker vessels in tables 1 and 2. The
waterborne outbound and inbound in-transit statistics in-
clude (1) foreign merchandise transferred from one
vessel to another in the U.S. port of arrival and shipped
to a foreign country without being released from customs
custody in the United States; and (2) foreign merchandise
arriving by vessel at one U.S. port, shipped through the
United States under customs .bond, and leaving the United
States by vessel from a port other than that at which it
arrived. In addition, the waterborne outbound in-transit
statistics also include (1) foreign merchandise withdrawn
from a general order warehouse for immediate export by
vessel or for transportation and export by vessel (such
merchandise was not recorded as an import when it
entered the warehouse), and (2) foreign merchandise
shipped via vessel from a U.S. Foreign Trade Zone to a
foreign country (such merchandise is deposited in the
Foreign Trade Zone without being entered as an import).
Any inbound or outbound in-transit merchandise moving by
methods of transportation other than vessel is excluded
from the in-transit statistics. Thus, merchandise
arriving at the United States by vessel and leaving by
some other method of transportation is included in the
inbound data only. On the other hand, merchandise
arriving by other than waterborne transportation and
laden aboard vessels upon departure is included in the
outbound statistics but not in the inbound data. The in-
bound and outbound segments, therefore, do not counter-
balance one another and are complementary only insofar

as they involve merchandise carried by vessels to and
from the United States. For a more detailed discussion
of the in-transit trade statistics and the types of shipments
excluded from these data see the February 1953 issue of
the Foreign Trade Statistics Notes.

All types ofoutboundvessel shipments in tables I and 5
are credited to the coastal districts, customs districts,
and ports at which the merchandise was laden. All types
of inbound vessel shipments in table 2 are credited to the
coastal districts, customs districts, and ports at which
merchandise was unladen. In the case of vessel general
imports this is not necessarily the same as the customs
district in which the goods were entered into warehouse
or entered for immediate consumption.

Vessel exports in tables 3 and 6 are credited to the
foreign trade areas at which the merchandise was unladen.
Vessel imports in table 4 are credited to the foreign
trade areas at which the merchandise was laden aboard
the vessels carrying the cargo to the United States. The
countries of destination or origin of merchandise are not
necessarily located within the trade areas to which the
merchandise is shipped or from which it is received.
Detailed definitions of foreign trade areas in termsof the
countries and ports included in each are contained in
Schedule R, Code Classification and Definition of Foreign
Trade Areas.

Shipping weight figures represent the gross weight of
shipments, including the weight of containers, wrappings,
crates and moisture content. Vessel export values
represent the values at time and place of export. They
are based on the selling price (or on the cost if not sold)
and include inland freight, insurance and other charges
to place of export. Transportation and other costs beyond
the United States portofexportation are excluded. Vessel
import values, as well as the values for in-transit ship-
ments, are generally baseJ onthe marketor selling price
and are in general f.o.b. the exporting country. Since
in-transit merchandise is not subject to the imposition
of import duties at the United States, the valuation re-
ported for such shipments is not verified by customs to
the extent applicable in the case of import entries and
may in some cases include transportation costs and
insurance to the United States as well as other cost
elements.

Vessel shipments in tables 1 and 2 are classified as
dry cargo or tanker shipments solely on the basis of
the type of vessel used without regard to the cargo
carried. Tanker vessels are those primarily designed
for the carriage of liquid cargoes in bulk, while all others
are classified as dry cargo vessels. A further segregation
of dry cargo vessel shipments is provided in tables 3-6 on
the basis of type of service, i.e., liner (berth) or
irregular (tramp). Liner service is that type of service
offered by a regular line operator of dry cargo vessels
on berth. The itineraries and sailing schedules of such
vessels are predetermined and fixed. Irregular or tramp
service is that type of service afforded by dry cargo
vessels which are chartered or otherwise hired for the
carriage of goods on special voyages. Vessels in this
type of service are not on berth and their sailing schedules
are not predetermined or fixed.

AUGUST 1966

Table 1.-U.S. EXPORTS ON DRY CARGO AND TANKER VESSELS, BY CUSTOMS DISTRICT
AND PORT OF LADING

Domestic, Foreign, and In-Transit Merchandise and Shipments of Department of Defense and
"Special Category" Non-Department of Defense Controlled Cargo

REPRESENTS ZERO.
Z LESS THAN 500,000 POUNDS; LESS THAN 500,000 DOLLARS.
PORT TOTALS OF CUSTOMS DISTRICTS HAVING PORTS LOCATED IN MORE THAN ONE COASTAL DISTRICT SHOULD BE COMBINED TO OBTAIN TOTAL EX-
PORTS FOR THE CUSTOMS DISTRICT.

6 AUGUST 1966

Table 2.-U.S. GENERAL IMPORTS AND INBOUND IN-TRANSIT MERCHANDISE, ON DRY CARGO AND TANKER
VESSELS, BY CUSTOMS DISTRICT AND PORT OF UNLOADING

Shipping weight (in millions of pounds) Value (in millions of dollars)
Dry cargp Tanker Dry cargo Tanker
Customs district and port Grand Grand Total Total
General Totl General total il General idudil General
total Total pots I-transit including i ttar i i IS
w-tans l in-ansit i in-transit in-tanss i

*APPROXIMATELY 36 MILLION POUNDS OF GREEN COFFEE IMPORTS FROM BRAZIL, VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY S14 MILLION, WERE EXCLUDED
FROM THE AUGUST DATA AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE SEPTEMBER STATISTICS.
REPRESENTS ZERO.
Z LESS THAN 50O0 000 POUNDS; LESS THAN 500,000 DOLLARS.
'PORT TOTALS OF CUSTOMS DISTRICTS HAVING PORTS LOCATED IN MORE THAN ONE COASTAL DISTRICT SHOULD BE COMBINED TO OBTAIN TOTAL IN-
PORTS FOR THE CUSTOMS DISTRICT.

AUGUST 1966

Table 3.-U.S. EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MERCHANDISE ON DRY CARGO AND TANKER
VESSELS, BY TRADE AREA, TYPE OF VESSEL SERVICE, AND AMOUNT CARRIED ON U.S. FLAG VESSELS